Koichi Okamoto, MD, PhD, Associate professor, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University. I am an esophageal and gastrointestinal surgeon engaged in clinical practice and academic activities. I specialize in multidisciplinary treatments, such as minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, chemotherapy, and endoscopic intervention for esophageal cancer. The number of articles I have published as first author or corresponding author: 17. The number of international academic conference speeches: 3. The number of citations: unknown. Google Scholar's H-index: unknown. Awards: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research. Professional associations’ membership; The Japan Surgical Society, The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, The Japan Esophageal Society, Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, The Japanese Society of Eodoscopic Surgery, and so on. The number of peer reviewed manuscripts: 15. My personal and professional goals including which important fields you are primarily engaged in for your long-term research. My ultimate goal is to advance medical science and eradicate disease through the development of gastrointestinal surgery and oncology. My main language is Japanese and I am not very good at oral communicating in English, but I can read and write English. I like travelling and tourism.